Butter-cutter.



No. 007,130. PATBNTED DB0. 12, 1905.

, W. H. ROUSSEL.

BUTTER CUTTER. APPLIoATIoN FILED 1330.22, 1904.

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BUTTER-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application tiled December 22, 1904. Serial No. 237,908.

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HERBERT ROUSSEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Franciscoand State of California, have invented a new and Improved Butter-Cutter,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to apparatus for cutting suchv substances asbutter, it being especially adapted for the division of large masses ofmaterial into cubes of a generally marketable size. Its principalobjects are to provide a simple, durable, and eifective cuttingapparatus.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2is acentral vertical longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: is ahorizontal sectional detail onthe line 4 4 ofFig. 3.

B designates a suitable base, which may consist of opposite side bars 1010 and connecting end bars l1 11 bolted thereto and being of less width,their relation being such as to leave spaces between their upper edgesand the adjacent edges of the side bars. Secured upon the inner faces ofthe side bars between the end bars are longitudinal supporting-bars 12forming ways upon which is movably mounted a table 13, operatingthroughthe spacesbetween the bars 10 and 11 above described.

From one end of the table rises a head or abutf ment 14, which may bebraced at 15 and carries upon its inner face horizontal cleats 16. Inthe side bars near the central portion of the base is journaled apower-shaft 17, having an operating member or crank 18. To-this shaftare fixed the ends of a cordor iiexible member 19, which is continuousand extends in opposite directions into engagement with the table, itpreferably passing over rolls 20, rotatable upon brackets 21, projectingfrom the under side thereof and being situated upon each side of thepower-shaft.

Mounted upon the base is a frame F, which may comprise vertical bars 2222, fixed opposite one another to the side bars of the base andconnected by a horizontal top bar 23. Between the bars 22 extend cuttingmembers or wires 24, separated from one another by distances equal tothe thickness of the cakes in to which the butter is to be cut and eachhaving one end conveniently attached to a hook 25, carried by one of thevertical bars, and the other end projecting through a sleeve 26 andhaving a bent end 27 contacting with the outer end of said sleeve. Thesesleeves may be externally threaded upon a portion which lies outside theframe-bar and'beengaged by nuts 28, which when turned serve to tightenthe wires.

The material M which is to be operated upon is cut into large cubes, thethickness of which is equal to one of the dimensions of the small cakeswhich are to be formed, and is set upon a suitable board or carrier 29,which is placed upon the' table of the apparatus With its outer end incontact with the head, the cube being situated at one side of thecutting-wires. The crank is now rotated in the proper direction, windingthe iiexible member about the shaft, shortening one side thereof andlengthening the other, thus drawing the material into contact with thewires, which cut. horizontal channels. When this cut has been carried tosuch a distance that the projection of the cube by the outer face of theframe is equal to a dimension of the small cakes, this portion of thecube may be severed by passing any suitable form of cutter along theframe. This amount of projection may be controlled by a set ofgage-blocks 30, which are interposed between the carrier and a stop 31fixed upon the top of the side bars at the end of the base, each of theblocks having a lateral dimension equal to the. dimension of the cakeswhich i's to be thus determined. A sufficient number of these blocks areapplied to the base to stop the movement of the table after an amountequal to one set of the cakes has passed through the frame. This havingbeen cut, one of the blocks is removed and the crank again rotated untilthe table contacts with the blocks, when a second portion will have beenpositioned for cutting. This continues until the entire cube has beendivided. By the use of gage-blocks of different sizes cakes of variousweights may be formed and their dimension in this direction necessary togive the proper amount very exactly provided for by the width of theblocks.

y After completing the cutting of the cube the table may be run back toits initial position by turning the crank in the opposite direction andthen, upon placing another cube upon it, the operation may be repeated.

It Will be seen that the apparatus is en- 'IOO IIO

tirely free from gearing and elements which are liable to wear or getout of order, the cord being durable and if broken replaced at atrifling expense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent* 1. A butter-cutter comprising a base, cuttingmechanism, a table movable upon the base and having dependingprojections, a powershaft journaled upon the base beneath the table andbetween the projections, and a eXible member iixed to the shaft andbeing movable over the projections longitudinally of the table.

2. A butter-cutter comprising a base,l cuttingmechanism, a table movableupon the base, a stop carried by the base near one extremity removedfrom the cutting mechanism and with which an element moving with thetable WILLIAM HERBERT ROUSSEL.

Witnesses:

W. D. MCARTHUR, F. P. DAVIDSON.

